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DATE: Saturday, January 27, 1996             TAG: 9601270191
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MILLARD L. BREWER SR.

Millard Leon Brewer Sr., 72, of the 700 block of Gainesborough Court, died Jan. 26, 1996, in a Portsmouth hospital.

Mr. Brewer, a native of Knoxville, Tenn., was the widower of Mary Frances Brewer. He was a retired tile setter and a U.S. Army veteran of World War II.

Survivors include two daughters, Linda Ritchie and Sandi Redfearn, both of Portsmouth; a son, Millard L. Brewer Jr. of Suffolk; three sisters, Lela Wilson, Christine Cox and Hazel Hickey, all of Knoxville, Tenn.; seven grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be conducted at 2 p.m. Sunday in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth Blvd. Chapel, by the Rev. Frank Carter. Burial will be in Olive Branch Cemetery. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today and also at 324 Thelmar Lane, Portsmouth.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY by CNB